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Bind to a key to rotate the screen of a convertible laptop
#!/bin/bash
# This script rotates the screen and touchscreen input 90 degrees each time it is called,
# also disables the touchpad, and enables the virtual keyboard accordingly
# by Ruben Barkow: https://gist.github.com/rubo77/daa262e0229f6e398766
#### configuration
# find your Touchscreen and Touchpad device with `xinput`
TouchscreenDevice='Wacom ISDv4 E6 Finger touch'
TouchpadDevice='SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad'
Stylus='Wacom ISDv4 E6 Pen stylus'
if [ "$1" = "--help" ] || [ "$1" = "-h" ] ; then
echo 'Usage: rotate-screen.sh [OPTION]'
echo
echo 'This script rotates the screen and touchscreen input 90 degrees each time it is called,'
echo 'also disables the touchpad, and enables the virtual keyboard accordingly'
echo
echo Usage:
echo ' -h --help display this help'
echo ' -j (just horizontal) rotates the screen and touchscreen input only 180 degrees'
echo ' -n always rotates the screen back to normal'
exit 0
fi
touchpadEnabled=$(xinput --list-props "$TouchpadDevice" | awk '/Device Enabled/{print $NF}')
screenMatrix=$(xinput --list-props "$TouchscreenDevice" | awk '/Coordinate Transformation Matrix/{print $5$6$7$8$9$10$11$12$NF}')
# Matrix for rotation
# ⎡ 1 0 0 ⎤
# ⎜ 0 1 0 ⎥
# ⎣ 0 0 1 ⎦
normal='1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1'
normal_float='1.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,1.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,1.000000'
#⎡ -1 0 1 ⎤
#⎜ 0 -1 1 ⎥
#⎣ 0 0 1 ⎦
inverted='-1 0 1 0 -1 1 0 0 1'
inverted_float='-1.000000,0.000000,1.000000,0.000000,-1.000000,1.000000,0.000000,0.000000,1.000000'
# 90° to the left
# ⎡ 0 -1 1 ⎤
# ⎜ 1 0 0 ⎥
# ⎣ 0 0 1 ⎦
left='0 -1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1'
left_float='0.000000,-1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,1.000000'
# 90° to the right
#⎡ 0 1 0 ⎤
#⎜ -1 0 1 ⎥
#⎣ 0 0 1 ⎦
right='0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0 1'
if [ $screenMatrix == $normal_float ] && [ "$1" != "-n" ]
then
echo "Upside down"
xrandr -o inverted
xinput set-prop "$TouchscreenDevice" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' $inverted
xinput set-prop "$Stylus" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' $inverted
xinput disable "$TouchpadDevice"
# Remove hashtag below if you want pop-up the virtual keyboard
gsettings set org.onboard.keyboard input-event-source XInput
gsettings set org.onboard.keyboard touch-input none
xsetwacom --set "Wacom ISDv4 E6 Finger touch" Gesture on
killall onboard; ./onboard
onboard &
elif [ $screenMatrix == $inverted_float ] && [ "$1" != "-j" ] && [ "$1" != "-n" ]
then
echo "90° to the left"
xrandr -o left
xinput set-prop "$TouchscreenDevice" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' $left
xinput set-prop "$Stylus" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' $left
xinput disable "$TouchpadDevice"
elif [ $screenMatrix == $left_float ] && [ "$1" != "-j" ] && [ "$1" != "-n" ]
then
echo "90° to the right"
xrandr -o right
xinput set-prop "$TouchscreenDevice" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' $right
xinput set-prop "$Stylus" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' $right
xinput disable "$TouchpadDevice"
else
echo "Back to normal"
xrandr -o normal
xinput set-prop "$TouchscreenDevice" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' $normal
xinput set-prop "$Stylus" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' $normal
xinput enable "$TouchpadDevice"
fi
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kalinchernev commented Feb 1, 2021 via email

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it for some reason stays like that even after reboot or shut down
I was able to go in to system settings display and change the screen to normal now its correct, but im worried about the other changes?

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kalinchernev commented Feb 1, 2021 via email

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